Meet Kilgharrah

Kilgharrah. The Great Dragon of Merlin stories. A constant help to Merlin, almost up to the end. The next to the last dragon.

I had never drawn anything like this before. No animals, nothing elaborate. I started with a loose sketch - just the basic lines.

Then I added some tangles. Not a lot, just enough.

Then I added color using Schmincke watercolor pans. Great, bright, bold colors in this set. Once I got the colors I wanted, I held the paper straight up and down over the trashcan, and used a spray bottle to spray water over the whole thing. I let the water run and spread, then blotted the drawing with a paper towel. Such fun!
I named him Kilgharrah -  he is going to be part of a topper  for my new blog -  There Be Dragons Here!  This blog is going to feature my dragons, and photographs of Maine. A photographic journal, so to speak. And you get a front row seat.